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In this paper, we analyse the role of the changing nature of occupational employment and wages in explaining the trend … in earnings inequality in Ghana between 2006 and 2017, a period in which there was a substantial transformation of the …
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We show that gender inequality decreases the variety of goods countries produce and export, in particular in low-income and developing countries. We argue that this happens through at least two channels: first, gender gaps in opportunity, such as lower educational enrollment rates for girls than...
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Work experience is a key variable in earnings function estimates and wage gap decompositions. Because data on actual work experience are rare, studies commonly use proxies, such as potential experience. But potential experience is identical for all individuals of the same age and level of...
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employment and earnings in England. Clear associations between labour market outcomes and sports participation are established … different types of sports participation to initial access to employment and then higher income opportunities with ageing …
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In the age of the knowledge economy and globalisation, the skill mobility is perceived as one of the key factors for fully unlocking the human capital potential. The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) aims at increasing the workers' and learners' mobility among the EU Member States by...
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agricultural employment in Tajikistan and its link to earnings from these activities. Unlike most of empirical studies, we could … attribute selection bias on unobservable characteristics to the allocation of individuals to alternative employment sectors and …
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We investigate the causes of the gender disparity in labour market participation in Ethiopia using iterative quantitative and qualitative longitudinal analysis through the whole childhood of the individual into early adulthood, from age 8 up to age 25. Multilevel survival analysis shows that...
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activities on social media should not affect their employment, while employers saw social media only as an additional tool in …
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Greece’s labour market entered the COVID-19 shock following several years of sustained employment growth and with wages … picking up. Unemployment remained high and employment rates were low, especially among women, the young and older workers. The … informality. This heightens insecurity – by excluding many workers from activation policies or social and employment protection …
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